Key Concepts of Gambit Play is an inspirational guide for those seeking to sharpen their game and fight for the win. By covering 14 gambits from a wide range of openings, this book offers ideas and insights into the nature of modern gambit play.
Grandmaster Yuri Razuvaev was one of the best-known coaches and chess writers in the Soviet Union. He worked with a host of stars, including World Champions Anatoly Karpov, Veselin Topalov and Alexandra Kosteniuk. He died in 2012.
The book is comprehensively updated by Grandmaster Jacob Aagaard, without ruining any of the charm of the original.
Content
003 Introduction
006 Key to Symbols used
007 Publisher’s Foreword
009 1 Scotch Game
015 Recent Developments – by Jacob Aagaard
025 2 Yakov Estrin’s Gambit
025 History of the Gambit
032 Children’s errors in the ancient gambit
035 Theory of the Gambit in brief
040 Recent Developments – by Jacob Aagaard
049 3 Four Knights Game
049 Rubinstein’s Gambit
050 Birth of the legend
052 A drawish cul-de-sac
054 For those in search of adventure
063 The road to a modern classic
067 The main route in the Rubinstein labyrinth
077 Glek’s System
082 Recent Developments – by Jacob Aagaard
093 4 Marshall Attack
107 Recent Developments – by Jacob Aagaard
117 5 Alekhine-Chatard Attack
125 A phantom game (result of historical research)
137 Recent Developments – by Jacob Aagaard
141 6 My Own Gambit
162 Recent Developments – by Jacob Aagaard
169 7 Ragozin Defence
169 Furman-Borisenko Gambit
173 Recent Developments – by Jacob Aagaard
179 8 Queen’s Gambit Accepted
182 Recent Developments – by Jacob Aagaard
185 9 Shabalov-Shirov or Riga Gambit
187 Recent Developments – by Jacob Aagaard
191 10 Spassky-Kasparov or Champions Gambit
198 Recent Developments – by Jacob Aagaard
209 11 Queen’s Indian Defence
209 Polugaevsky’s gambit
215 To take or not to take?
218 Recent Developments – by Jacob Aagaard
221 12 Nimzo-Indian Defence
223 Vitolins Gambit
224 Gligoric Gambit
228 Recent Developments – by Jacob Aagaard
237 13 Khalifman-Gelfand Gambit
244 Recent Developments – by Jacob Aagaard
249 14 Gin’s Gambit (or Georgian Gambit)
252 Recent Developments – by Jacob Aagaard
261 15 Since 2004 – by Jacob Aagaard
282 Game Index
285 Name Index
Grandmaster Yuri Razuvaev was one of the best-known coaches and chess writers in the Soviet Union. He worked with a host of stars, including World Champions Anatoly Karpov, Veselin Topalov and Alexandra Kosteniuk. He died in 2012.
The book is comprehensively updated by Grandmaster Jacob Aagaard, without ruining any of the charm of the original.
Content
003 Introduction
006 Key to Symbols used
007 Publisher’s Foreword
009 1 Scotch Game
015 Recent Developments – by Jacob Aagaard
025 2 Yakov Estrin’s Gambit
025 History of the Gambit
032 Children’s errors in the ancient gambit
035 Theory of the Gambit in brief
040 Recent Developments – by Jacob Aagaard
049 3 Four Knights Game
049 Rubinstein’s Gambit
050 Birth of the legend
052 A drawish cul-de-sac
054 For those in search of adventure
063 The road to a modern classic
067 The main route in the Rubinstein labyrinth
077 Glek’s System
082 Recent Developments – by Jacob Aagaard
093 4 Marshall Attack
107 Recent Developments – by Jacob Aagaard
117 5 Alekhine-Chatard Attack
125 A phantom game (result of historical research)
137 Recent Developments – by Jacob Aagaard
141 6 My Own Gambit
162 Recent Developments – by Jacob Aagaard
169 7 Ragozin Defence
169 Furman-Borisenko Gambit
173 Recent Developments – by Jacob Aagaard
179 8 Queen’s Gambit Accepted
182 Recent Developments – by Jacob Aagaard
185 9 Shabalov-Shirov or Riga Gambit
187 Recent Developments – by Jacob Aagaard
191 10 Spassky-Kasparov or Champions Gambit
198 Recent Developments – by Jacob Aagaard
209 11 Queen’s Indian Defence
209 Polugaevsky’s gambit
215 To take or not to take?
218 Recent Developments – by Jacob Aagaard
221 12 Nimzo-Indian Defence
223 Vitolins Gambit
224 Gligoric Gambit
228 Recent Developments – by Jacob Aagaard
237 13 Khalifman-Gelfand Gambit
244 Recent Developments – by Jacob Aagaard
249 14 Gin’s Gambit (or Georgian Gambit)
252 Recent Developments – by Jacob Aagaard
261 15 Since 2004 – by Jacob Aagaard
282 Game Index
285 Name Index